The Player Who Eats Steel - Episode 211
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- [Breaking News] Unidentified giant creature appears in the sky above Seoul At this moment, Seoul is in the worst crisis of all time..
- [Breaking News] UFO that appeared in Seoul confirmed to be ‘Demon King Castle’
Gurgling— Gurgling—
A tentacle creature with huge eyes that makes strange noises... An army of undead poured down from the Demon King's Castle, which had such a bizarre appearance, and began to occupy downtown Seoul..
Wow——
Fortunately, however, a large-scale evacuation took place immediately after the battle broke out in the California erosion zone to prepare for an unexpected situation..
Therefore, civilian casualties could be minimized..
But in the end it's just buying time……
They formed a group and started moving towards the shelter.!”
At that time, the AMT Seoul Operation Command was put on emergency alert, and the Operation Command at the garrison installed at Seoul City Hall Plaza responded..
“omg! About 4,000, no, 6,000... … A monster of that level cannot be stopped with a regular shelter.!”
“—It is expected that the Shelter's defenses will be breached in just 8 minutes.!”
Voices reporting analysis results were heard here and there..
If this continues, hundreds of thousands of people will soon become victims..
Accordingly, all eyes focused on the mouth of Lieutenant General Choi Jeong-cheol, commander of the Seoul Operations Command, who was standing in front of the situation board, and he turned to the head of the Operations Directorate and asked:.
"How many troops are currently deployed in the area??”
“……The 1st Battalion of the 3rd Port Horse Brigade is nearby.!”
Lee Hyun-wook, this was the unit he served in..
Currently, the unit commander, Colonel Kim Kang-seok, is leading his elite troops to the California battlefield, so there is no commander, but it is still evaluated as the best force among the AMT units currently deployed in Seoul..
But no matter what, sending in one battalion of AMT troops to fight them is... … Although no one said it, it was effectively a suicide order..
In other words, it meant making sacrifices to gain time..
"......."
Lieutenant General Choi Jeong-cheol also knew that fact, and he gave the order again with a bitter expression..
“Big— Our job is to protect the people, so what can we do? From now on, we will mobilize all our forces and do whatever it takes to kill time. If it becomes dangerous, I will step in and try to burn it all down.……."
The only thing I can do with all my troops is to waste time... … Like this, all they could do was hold out using all their means and wait for the appearance of just one person..
The name, of course, is Steele Rain, Hyunwook Lee..
I believed that, as always, he would put a stop to this huge disaster, and that was the courage they had to endure..
but…….
- Chic—The return of the Iron Fleet will likely be delayed.
“……Wow, things went wrong..”
Lee Hyun-wook's joining was delayed due to the devil's scheme..
If things continued like this, it would not be possible to prevent Seoul from falling into the devil's victim..
But that was then.
To the north, a red shimmer appeared beyond and between the buildings..
Fu—hua—ah—ah——!
The fire was so huge that half the city was lit up with orange light, as if it were the setting sun..
Someone was moving the flames and cleaning up the city..
Everyone looked mesmerized by that sight..
Only Lieutenant General Choi Jeong-cheol had a strange smile on his face..
"Oh my, that is... … Hahaha—there was a fire bigger than mine.!"
A semi-Armageddon, a truly overwhelming fire that even he, the owner of formidable firepower, had to overcome..
Kwa-and-and-and——!
Multiple pillars of fire moved like dragons and penetrated downtown Seoul, and the undead army that had smelled the scent of the living and was marching towards the shelter was instantly burned and turned into ashes..
“oh my god. Wow, did you have that level of fire-related skills??”
“I think I've seen that somewhere... … Oh inferno!”
inferno).
A name that has been indispensable to players with the strongest firepower ever since this world turned into a game..
However, he has been confined to Busan for a while, and even when the world is looking for him, he never comes out..
The reason why he started hiding was not properly known, so the image of mysticism was becoming stronger than the image of overwhelming firepower..
That person is at this moment. He appeared without warning and began defending Seoul against the Demon King... … While many people were surprised, they couldn't help but cheer.
And the people with Lee Hyun-wook were the same..
“……Could it be that Inferno has come out??”
Lee Seong-yoon could not hide his surprise..
And it was the same with Kang Seo-yoon..
“……No, we visited him 4 times and he ignored us all.?”
Those two people were close enough to Inferno that they could be said to be colleagues. So, whenever there was a crisis on the Korean Peninsula or during a Guardian operation, they visited Inferno and persuaded him to help again and again..
But the inferno never went out of Busan..
But this time again, Steele Lane solved an age-old problem. Given the circumstances, it was clear that he had secretly placed Inferno on standby in Seoul..
"No, how on earth... … What's the secret??”
In the end, Seo-yoon Kang couldn't stand it anymore and asked as if it was absurd, and Hyun-wook Lee shrugged his shoulders as if it was no big deal..
“Well, he solved the inconvenience for me when I left Busan..”
“……Do you have a counseling license or something? He's mentally unstable and has a stubborn personality, so it's not easy to handle him, but somehow you managed to bring him out..”
And as Kang Seo-yoon said, the reason Inferno was confined to Busan could be seen as a psychological problem, or trauma..
‘……Even in my past life, I managed to get Inferno out..’
The target of attack using Lee Hyun-wook's future knowledge was not only monsters and villains, but also friendly players..
For example, at the beginning of his return, he captured Kim Kang-seok's heart, and not long ago, he was able to persuade Lee Seong-yoon because he knew his psychology..
And this time, the target was Inferno..
‘Inferno's mental problems began after the Prophet's death..’
There was once a player in this world who was called a prophet..
She predicted a big event that would happen in the future, and the Guardian used that information to prevent several terrible disasters..
'But he was assassinated by the villain..’
And Inferno had a very close relationship with the Prophet, but the moment she was assassinated... … was right next to me.
‘Inferno responded very appropriately... … Due to a slight lack of strength, in the end, they were unable to protect the prophet..’
Since then, Inferno has fallen into a state of guilt and has not taken a single step from Busan, the place where his abilities can be shown to their full potential as Busan's savior..
Since he was unable to prevent something terrible from happening due to a lack of strength, he developed an obsession with maintaining his ability to the fullest extent possible..
‘In other words, if you can achieve the feat of being the savior of Busan and have a way to further strengthen your power... … The trauma of Inferno can be erased..’
And Lee Hyun-wook prepared them and made the powerful weapon called Inferno operate normally..
but......
- Chick—The situation on Seoul’s side is starting to get worse..
"……Even with Inferno, it would be impossible to stop the Demon Lord alone..”
Seongyoon Lee said. His judgment was cool and accurate..
As he said, no matter how Inferno was, it was impossible to stop the Necromancer and the Demon King who came 8 years later with all their might..
but…….
"That would have been the case in the old Inferno. It will be different now.”
"yes? What kind of support did you provide to Inferno??”
"yes. A very suitable weapon... … No, I gave him two sacks..”
Obviously, it was a pretty big investment..
‘It was good to apply the extreme replica given by Alain Giam to that item..’
It's so painfully sad.
‘So, while carrying out Operation Fire Dome to protect Seoul, it was planned to be brought in as a third reinforcement force at critical moments..’
Lee Hyun-wook spoke as if he were sure..
"Inferno will hold up well..”
***
3rd Port Horse Brigade 1st Battalion 1st Strategy Deputy Team Leader, Sergeant Ahn Min-tae (Jin)).
He was holding a shield and a sword, running down an empty four-lane road between a forest of buildings..
"run-! faster—!”
He looked behind him and shouted.
6Two AMT soldiers were running after him..
And what comes after that is pitch black........
Wow——
It was all an undead army. Walking corpses of all kinds came in like a huge wave, tangled here and there..
The number is in the thousands... … Considering that the supply continues, it would not be the end..
Even if it was the ‘Namsan Unit’, the most powerful unit in the Seoul Operation Command, it was close to impossible to stop it..
"Huh—huh— Team leader, where is Inferno? If this continues, we……."
a soldier asked.
About ten minutes ago, news came that Inferno had appeared and was wiping out the undead army..
But there is only one Inferno.
It was impossible to cover the undead army spreading out in all directions and targeting multiple shelters at the same time..
“Shut up and stick to your mission! run! Here we solve it!”
Ahn Min-tae was now active as the team leader of a strategy team..
While Lee Hyun-wook and Park Jun-mo have been traveling around the world and accumulating activities, although their abilities are remarkable compared to theirs, they have grown by doing their best in their own way..
So, I was able to achieve a high level of 48 for an AMT non-commissioned officer, and became an exception case in performing the mission of the strategy team leader despite being a non-commissioned officer..
“Rather than just hoping for support, do whatever you can and use all the resources at your disposal. That's a raid!”
He still hasn't forgotten the teachings of Lee Hyun-wook, his predecessor, a long time ago..
So, even in an unmanageable crisis, we devised a way to stop the undead army coming toward the shelter, and received approval from superiors..
The operation is…….
Chic—
"ah! This is Vole 3, Vole 3 checkpoint has been reached—blast immediately.—!”
The moment his report ended—
Qua—ang——!
There was a big explosion.
Qua—ang——!
another explosion.
Red smoke was rising from the back, from the bottom of the buildings on both sides..
It was an explosion scroll installed by Ahn Min-tae's team..
Ku—gu—gu—gu.......
Soon, the 18-story building to the left and the 14-story building to the right heaved, tilted rapidly toward the road, crossed over, and fell..
Thump—— Thump——
As the four-lane road succeeded in being completely blocked, the waves of death that were rushing in like crazy had no choice but to come to a halt as they hit the breakwater..
In this way, Ahn Min-tae's operation was a great success..
“……Team Leader, it was a perfect operation.!”
“K— Sergeant Ahn, as expected, Steelein’s right-hand man.!”
“Park Jun-mo, the god of lightning, was also left-armed back in the day.?”
He smiled slightly at the praise coming from all directions, but soon returned to a solemn expression and raised his voice..
"Don't let down your guard and prepare for battle! He'll climb over the building! Fireteam. Where is the fire tank?!”
Soon, a fireteam waiting nearby approached and began installing magic engineering machine guns and cannons..
Wow——
“……come.”
Soon, a group of undead began to creep over the remains of the building..
"shoot—!"
At Ahn Min-tae's command, magic engineering weapons spewed fire, and all kinds of magic exploded, blowing away the undead climbing on the remains of the building..
“Okay, it's worth dealing with! Keep pouring it out!”
In effect, it was like having a wall, so it was much easier to deal with..
If we continued like this, we would be able to save a lot of time..
Until someone comes, whether it's Inferno or Steele Rain..
however…….
bang--! bang——!
Suddenly. Aren't the undead on top of the remains of the building causing the explosion? Ahn Min-tae and his teammates stepped back in surprise..
bang--! bang——!
continuous explosion.
That was a corpse explosion skill..
In other words, it had a very bad meaning, that the necromancer himself had started to care about this place..
“uh… … If this is the case……."
Then, dozens or hundreds of explosions of corpses occurred in succession.……
Kwa-and-and-and-gwang——!
“Uh—uh—”
It created a large gap in the remains of the building..
Wow——
Passing through the gap that was created like a canyon, the undead army began to gather again.…….
"—Damn, back again!”
I had no choice but to run away again.
I had to run like crazy without even having time to retrieve the hextech machine gun or hextech cannon I had installed..
“—This is the entrance to the shelter.!”
The subway exit was visible about twenty meters ahead. There were shelters there and tens of thousands of civilians inside them..
In other words, there was no more place to retreat to..
The order given to them was to defend this place at all costs..
"shit! shit! shit!”
Mintae Ahn went behind the barricade in front of Exit 2 and hastily turned on Mana Messenger..
“Now, Operations Manager... … It's a failure! It's pierced!”
But there was no answer.
Perhaps the head of the operations division, who was acting as the battalion commander, was also turning white before his eyes and hesitating about what order to give..
- Chick—uh…….
All I had to do was make a sound like that..
The conclusion that followed was…….
- sorry. Good luck.
At those words, rather than being angry or frustrated, the soldiers looked at Ahn Min-tae with blank expressions..
Because it was so urgent that there was no time to even feel any emotions..
“……manager. Will Steele Rain come again this time??”
It was Private Kang Min-seok who asked that question..
When Kang Min-seok had just moved in, Black Orcs invaded the Korean Peninsula. At that time, Ahn Min-tae told him, who was filled with fear, that Steele Rain would come. And indeed he came.
A similar situation occurred during the Titanomachy public election campaign. Still Rain appeared at a desperate moment..
Even if they did not experience it directly, how many times have Steele Lane made timely appearances??
It was natural to expect a hero to emerge in the face of crisis..
But this time, Stillane would not come.
‘Seal of heaven. I can't break through that..’
Ahn Min-tae was unable to answer Kang Min-seok's question and looked at the sky blocked by red chains and let out a small sigh..
Wow——
A loud noise is getting closer and closer.
Ahn Min-tae grabbed his shield and slowly stood up..
“……I didn't learn how to die in a solemn way..”
From Lee Hyun-wook, I always learned how to win..
But there was one thing I didn't learn…….
“I can't help it……."
It was about not giving up..
All troops, ready for battle!”
At Ahn Min-tae's command, 19 AMT soldiers raised their weapons..
Although everyone was suffering from unbearable fear, they were still elite troops assigned to the most elite unit within the AMT. And many of them also volunteered for this unit in pursuit of the legend of a hero named Lee Hyun-wook..
"after… … I didn't know it would end like this.”
"Still, shouldn’t we hold on as long as we can? Whose descendants are we?!”
That's why I didn't become helpless in the face of approaching death, and I didn't avoid the final battle..
But then—
"huh?"
Suddenly, the sky turned orange..
They all raised their heads without realizing it..
That moment—
Qua—ang——!
Something surrounded by flames crashed down from the sky, like a meteorite..
Push-shh-i——!
"Pfft! hot!”
And as the tremendous heat rose, Ahn Min-tae's team members, who had not backed away even when the undead army approached, stepped back without realizing it..
I saw a blazing blue flame in front of me..
Beneath its feet, the asphalt had melted and a large puddle had already formed..
'It's dazzling!’
Ahn Min-tae half-covered his eyes and tried to see beyond the flames. Then I saw something.
was a person.
Woman wearing red armor and long red hair…….
She turned her head and looked at Ahn Min-tae..
"backwards.”
“yes?”
“Take a step back. If you don't want to burn to death.”
A bundle of flames began to rise from her body..
***
「Oh—Inferno… … He must still be stuck in Busan, how did he get out??」
Devil.
He evaluated the appearance of the inferno as interesting..
He was now coming out of the Necromancer's body, taking root in the center of the Demon King's Castle, and was manipulating the Demon King's Castle..
「If it's an inferno, it's going to be annoying..」
When conquering the world in the last dimension, the player who became the biggest obstacle was definitely Inferno. After that, Steele Rain appeared..
“……You can still win.”
It was the necromancer who said that..
「That's natural. Eight years later, Inferno, who was much more powerful than now, was eventually killed by us. And since this isn't Busan, Inferno is actually half-baked..」
however.......
「……Um, how did they make that??」
His gaze zoomed in on a point like a camera..
There, Inferno stood, and a flame elemental was seen moving next to her..
However, I saw that the spirit was holding a flag..
“Uh, it's the 'Empire of the Nomads'..”
「……They're already developing it, but the recipe is so difficult that it will have to take 6 years to be made..」
kingdom of nomads.
It was an object that contained the characteristics of an area and could apply its effects to the entire area..
And it was obviously a 'copy' of Busan..
In other words, Inferno is now receiving the effect of the achievement 'Savior of Busan' - that is, all abilities are increased by 100%..
That wasn't all.
Grrrrrr.——!
Then, flames erupted from her right hand, and before she knew it, she was holding a huge red sword, a sword that gave off overwhelming heat as if it were made of lava..
"That… … I'm already holding that one too.!”
Lsvateinn)
AKA Surtur's Sword.
It was a legendary weapon used by Inferno even in the dimension where the Demon King and Necromancer came from..
“……It's still no use.”
The necromancer spoke again, but frowned, perhaps remembering the power of that sword..
One of the skills of that giant sword, 'Hell Line', is the skill that reduced the most undead to ashes, so it was a very annoying scene for him..
「Yeah, that's right. however… … Stillane, I really don't understand, you're so annoyingly prepared..」
However, no matter how nimbly we moved and responded, we could not close the eight-year gap..
however.......
"—uh?”
「.......」
Flames soared from Inferno's left hand, and the moment another Levitain appeared, the Demon King and Necromancer were left speechless..
“Levitain, if there are two... … What should I do?”
The story has changed.
A red woman with flames all over her body held a large sword in both hands and began walking towards the undead army..
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